Does a court have to explain the law of constructive possession?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Irizarry v. U.S., 508 F.2d 960 (2nd Cir. 1975):
5 See, berry v. United States, 435 F.2d 224 (7th Cir. 1970), holding that where a defendant was charged with unlawful importation of heroin and the court identified the charge and read a portion of the statute describing the presumptions on which the government would be able to rely at trial, the coourt's failure to explain the law of constructive possession did not violate Rule 11.
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